“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (From the “Drum Major Instinct” February 4, 1968)
Today we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His ministry and leadership served to point our country towards a better way of living, a better way of treating one another. His words, his work, his sacrifice helped establish a better world filled with freedom and love for all of humanity. Dr. King was a leader of a movement that brought long-over-due change to a society that many people to be to be oppressed, simply because of the color of their skin. Dr. King’s work was a catalyst for change and stands a reminder today that there is still much work to be done.
There are many ways that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. helped to bring about change in our country. He helped to organize protests and marches. He rallied community, religious and political leaders to the cause of civil rights. Perhaps one of the most effective ways that Dr. King used to help lead the civil rights movement was his powerful use of speech. He was an extraordinary speaker. Whether he was in the pulpit of a church or speaking in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. King told the of the oppression of people in such a way that others were compelled to join the movement that would help change our country forever.
Today is a day we set aside to honor and remember Dr. King. We do so because he was committed to and successful in leading our country in a positive direction. He was a great story teller that opened our hearts and minds to dreaming new dreams. His wonderful sermons and powerful speeches still inform us today. Dr. King’s legacy reminds us of our great calling found in the scriptures, “So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets.” (Matthew 7:12 The Golden Rule)
Rev. Keith King, Online Campus Pastor
